Lantern



(No Model.)

H. L. JEWELL.

LANTERN.

No. 389,084. Patented Sept. 4;, 1888.

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NITED STATES HARVEY L. JEW'ELL,

OF BANGOR, MAINE.

LANTERN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389,084, dated September 4. 1888.

(X0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARVEY L. JEWELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bangor, in the county of Penobscot and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lanterns; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My present invention relates more especially to the globe-holder of the lantern, the object being to simplify the construction of the same, to provide a means for holding the globe to which shocks received by the lower part of the lantern will not be readily communicated, and which, consequently, will be more effective in preventing the breaking or displacement of the globe, and at the same time to provide for the automatic lifting of such a globe-holder to give access to the burnerand for the ready removal and replacement of the globe.

My invention therefore belongs to that class of lanterns in which the globe-holder is automatically lifting; but the devices for this purpose, in connection with which I prefer to apply my present invention and which are hereinafter described, I do not claim in this application, such features of said devices as are new and of my devising being claimed in Patent No. 381,557, granted to me April 24, 1888.

In order to make my invention more clearly understood, I have shown in the accompanying drawings a means for carrying the same into effect.

In said drawings, Figure l. is a perspective view of a portion of the globe-holding frame detached. Fig. 2 is a side view of a lantern embodying my invention. Fig. 3 is a front view of the same. Fig. at is a horizontal section on line 4t 4 of Fig. 3, looking upward. Fig. is a vertical section on line 5 5, Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates the base of the lantern; B, the oil-reservoir; O, the burner; d, the side tubes, and D the central-draft tube. These parts may be of any ordinary and suitable construction.

I may state here that my invention is especially adapted for use with lanterns of the general character illustrated in the drawings, but

is not necessarily confined in its application to lanterns of that classthat is, to tubular lanterns.

E is a portion of the ball or handle secured to the top of the main frame, which is formed by the draft-tubes, and which supports the globe-holder hereinafter described.

F is the bell, attached to a sleeve, G, which in turn fits and is adapted to slide vertically upon the central-draft tube, 1). Springs in m, secured at their outer ends to the main frame of the lantern, extending horizontally inward and connected at their free ends with the sliding sleeve G, tend constantly to force said sleeve and the parts carried thereby upward. Afiat-topped push-rod, J, attached at its lower end to the sleeve G and projecting up above the main frame, serves to depress the bell F, and. the latter is held in its lowermost position by a spring stop-arm, K, having a shoulder, p, adapted to engage with astop ring or plate, 0, secured to the main frame.

L is a frame, which I prefer to form of one piece of metal. It may be made of stout wire bent into shape, and I have so constructed it; but itmay also be made from a light malleable casting, and this latter is the construction which I have illustrated in the drawings. (See especially Fig.1.) The upper end of the frame L is provided with a means of attachment to the bell F-such as a ring, Z, of such contour as to fit the upper or lower surface of the bell, and having holes Z, through which it may be riveted in place.

it is a vertical connecting-arm carried by the ring I. It is situated at the rear of the globeframe-meaning by rear the side opposite to that on which the globe is inserted-thereby permitting of the more convenient grasping and handling of the globe. It is also preferably curved, as shown, to correspond with the con tour of the globe, and carries at its lower end two inwardlyextending supporting-brackets, r 9'. Each of these brackets is provided with a horizontal pivot, s. The pivots are in line with each other and are both substantially in, though a little forward of, the middle vertical plane of the burner O.

t is a strengthening-brace connecting the inner ends of the pivots s s and forming a seat for the tilting plate. Both the brackets r and the brace t are by preference formed in curves concentric with the globe and burner.

M is the tilting plate, adapted to fit and retain the lower end of the globe, which latter is shown at O. The plate M, in its lowermost position, (shown in Fig. 2,) surrounds the burner O and is provided, as usual, with a central aperture for the same. Spring-clips q q are secured by their upper ends to the top face of the tilting plate, pass down through slits therein, and are bent to form bearings q for the pivots s. The free ends of the clips are bent upward, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, so as to retain the pivots in place, and then downward at their extremities, as shown at g to form angles, into which the pivots s will enter freely when it is desired to put the tilting plate in place. The plate is thus readily attachable and removable for purposes of cleaning or to facilitate the manipulation of the lamp.

At 73 z are shown the holding-springs for the upper end of the globe, secured at their rear ends to the bell F, and flared at their forward and free ends to facilitate the introduction of the globe. The springs i are double, so as to fit both above and below the bead o of the globe. In introducing the globe its lower end is first placed in its seat in the tilting plate, the latter being in an inclined position, and the globe and plate are then turned together into an upright position, in which movement the bead 0 comes in contact with the flared ends of the springs i i, forces themapart, and is finally held as they spring back into position around the upright globe. The pivots s are not exactly in the central plane of the lantern, but are a little forward of it, as shown in Fig. 2, in order that the globe may come to the best advantage into position for entering between the flared ends of the holding-springs '6 13, with its bead between the upper and lower parts of the double springs, and in order to give the plate M a back ward tendency upon its seat t.

ers for the lower and upper ends of the globe,

the lower holder being carried by the arm n at the rear of the globe frame, substantially as set forth.

2. Ina lantern, the combination, with the main frame and its central-draft tube, of a sleeve mounted on the latter, a frame having the arm it, connected with said sleeve and extending downwardly therefrom, horizontal pivots situated at right angles to and at each side of said arm and carried by the lower end of the latter frame, and a tilting plate mounted on the pivots, substantially as set forth.

3. In a lantern, the combination, with the globe-holding frame suspended by its upper end from the main frame of the lantern, and provided at its lower end with horizontal pivots, of a tilting plate having spring-clips form ing bearings for said pivots, which open and close automatically as said plate is applied to or removed from the pivots, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the verticallymovable bell F, of the globe-holding frame L, having the arm n at the rear of the globe, the ring Z, secured to the said bell, the brackets r 1', and the pivots s s, and the tilting plate M, mounted on said pivots, substantially as set forth.

HARVEY L. J EWELL.

Witnesses:

P. W. J. LANDER, OTIS B. SMITH. 

